Sharon Minemoto
      Jazz pianist, composer, and educator
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Press

For the week of May, 30, 2008, You can see the ocean from here
entered the top 10 at #9 on Canada's Chartattack Jazz and Blues Charts.

  "Jazz pianist swings her trio into the spotlight"
          -Marke Andrews, The Vancouver Sun.

"Vancouver pianist/composer leads one of the tightest and 
            most exciting live jazz groups on the scene"

      -Vancouver International Jazz Festival

   "Vancouver jazz pianist, Sharon Minemoto is an exceptional 
         player with great ideas and a sweet touch"

    -John McLaughlin, The Vancouver Province.

"... a tremendous composer and pianist..." 
        - Chris Wong, The Vancouver Courier.

   "...it is here where she shows several of her sides: the lyrical 
   soloist, the tasteful accompanist, the generous bandleader." 

         -Marke Andrews, The Vancouver Sun.

     "...the Sharon Minemoto Quintet, an excellent local unit in the       
tradition of the great Horace Silver groups of the '60s.  Like Silver, 
Minemoto writes great tunes that are instantly recognizable even though 
you've never heard them before." 

      -Guy MacPherson, The Georgia Straight.

"... Sharon Minemoto leads a quintet of that city's brightest stars..." 
         -Joseph Blake, The Times Colonist, Victoria.

    “...a fabulous musician...”
  -Cory Weeds, musican, radio host, Cellar Jazz Club owner

   “..major verve, kick and savvy, pianist, Sharon Minemoto has 
                emerged as a major talent on the jazz scene”

                -Festival Vancouver.